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I went through Wharton (Burlington) and surgery at St. Joe's in Hamilton. All in all, I was 10 months from start to finish. If you can keep your schedule relatively open where you can accommodate last minute cancellations (if you contact the centre), you will move much quicker through the process.
*hugs to all*
Orientation- May 2017, Pre nutrition class- Aug 2017, Blood work- Aug 2017. RPN meeting- Sept 2017. Dietician and Psychiatrist Dec 2017. Internist- Dec 2017. Meet the Surgeon Feb 20th 2018. VSG surgery march 17, 2018 with Dr. Gmora
Medicard is a company that will give you a loan for your plastic surgery. Most plastic surgeons will have the info you need. The interest rates are rather high, so I believe you would be better off using a line of credit. Also, try and see a plastic surgeons that works with OHIP and possibly get some pre- approval coverage ( its not a lot) if you meet a certain criteria and then just pay the up-charges. I had some of my plastics covered in 2014. ( after a 100lb + weight loss) I used Dr.M.Elahi and am very happy with my results. Good Luck
Good morning everyone. Took a break from the gym this morning. Tonight we are going to watch The Grinch movie, yes Trucker and I are kids at heart and love the cartoons. He was a little concerned about a show time of 6:45 because there will be too many "rodents" there. I said its a kids movie, you think they're going to run it at 9:00!! Well I looked it up and we can see it at 8:00 which shouldn't be too bad.
Tomorrow night we have a euchre party to go to.
Accountability: Not really, time to reign it in, again.
Early Morning - banana, 1 tbsp PB
B - 1/2 bagel, egg, cheese
S - yogurt and blueberries
L - chicken w. a little stuffing
S - protein shake maybe - need to up that number
D - he's having pizza, not sure what I will have
Have a great weekend everybody.
Over 100 lbs lost! and 13 lbs below goal weight!
Good morning :)
We are supposed to be going for a baby playdate this afternoon but with all this snow I'm hoping the other people will reschedule lol. I have lots I could do around the house ;)
QOTD: tomorrow I think we will be doing a whole bunch of shoveling in the morning and in the evening we are going to a semi-surprise birthday party.
Post-op three years and eight months.
Breakfast - protein bar
Snack - Greek yogurt and banana
Lunch - leftover homemade pizza
Snack - oatmeal bites
Dinner - leftover butter chicken (DH ended up making it but I had all the ingredients ready to go)
Snack - pudding
All water and vits.
Good morning Menu Mates. Welcome to your cold, snowy weekend.
This morning I'm going swimming, then paperwork, then I have an appointment with the internist in Guelph. I hope they clean up the roads, because even with my snow tires on, the roads were slippery yesterday.
Accountability: Not bad, but I added in an afternoon snack.
QOTD: What are your weekend plans? I think I'm going to stay in and enjoy a cozy fire.
The eats today at 4 years post-op are:
B. Rivers of decaf
B2. After swimming, scrambled eggs with 2 slices of bacon
L. Protein bar on my way to Guelph
D. Shrimp in garlic butter with green beans.
Have a great weekend everyone.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
Thank you for this insight! Yes, at the end of the day I would rather ensure it is possible from the beginning than waste valuable resources and time to find out it can't happen at the end. I was excited to begin the regular process! Either way, I'm doing my best to be patient until my appointment in February, as well as improving my eating and lifestyle.
It depends on the program but it's not uncommon if you've had previous issues, they want to make sure the surgeon is willing to do the surgery if you pass all the other stuff, no sense having you go through all the hoops only to have the surgeon, say nope can't do because of "xyz".
Having said that, they've got tons of experience at TWH at it's probably just a formality.
57 - 6'0" - HW:288 SW:260 CW:185
TWH: Referral Aug. '16, Orientation - Nov. 30 '16, Surgeon Oct. 6 '17, Start Optifast Feb. 5'18 - Surgery Feb. 26'18
Opti -25; M1 -23; M2 -17; M3 -7; M4 -5; M5 -5; M6 -6; M7 -0; M8 -2; M9 -0; M10 -2; M11-0; M12-4;
No rubbery chicken, blech.
At least she is heading in the right direction. She is so adorable that she is off the charts on the cuteness scale.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
She did only slightly better than the last period... Averaged 21g instead of 17g. She needs to be up around 30g.
I am totally using a jar of sauce, but I will spice it up and probably do something different with the chicken to make it a good texture. I just don't like rubbery chicken lol.
Hope the Little Nugget does well at the Doc's today.
If the Butter Chicken doesn't work out, I have a few jars and packets of Butter Chicken sauce that I can sneak to you at your back door. No one needs to know you didn't make it from scratch 
I am such a lazy cook.
CENTURY CLUB MEMBER at 6 months post-op.
Referral to Guelph Feb/13, Sleep study and all bloodwork and ultrasound May/13, orientation July/13. Nurse, NUT,SW Sept/13, 2nd NUT, nurse and SW, 3rd round and cleared for surgery Dec/13. Pre-op Apr 7/14, Surgeon May 2/14, Opti Jul 3/14, surgery Jul 17/14.
